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Date: 30th October 2005
Risk: High

Sun Solaris is prone to a vulnerability that may let attackers gain elevated privileges through execution of arbitrary code. This vulnerability is exposed through the Xsun and Xprt commands.

The following patches are available to resolve this issue:

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14949